Hello Everyone!

How well does everything run with a 1985 300 baud Commodore 64 setup, including a 40-character CRT monitor and all the bells and whistles, in a modern Synchronet BBS? Along the way, there were some unexpected obstacles - true to Murphy's Law.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naRN0SaqyRY

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Re: C64 Meets Synchronet
By: Snobsoft to All on Sun Jun 01 2025 01:04 am

How well does everything run with a 1985 300 baud Commodore 64 setup, includ

I run NovaTerm on my C64, which is capable of a perfectly legible 80 column screen on a Commodore 1702 monitor. I have a bunch of ESP8266-based WiFiModems around here for use with my vintage machines, and the C-64's user port is good for 2400bps.


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Belly wrote to Snobsoft <=-

I run NovaTerm on my C64, which is capable of a perfectly legible 80 column screen on a Commodore 1702 monitor. I have a bunch of
ESP8266-based WiFiModems around here for use with my vintage machines,
and the C-64's user port is good for 2400bps.

Didn't you just say you were leaving, because of the "Nazis"?

Why are you still here, posting?



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Snobsoft wrote to All <=-

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Hello Everyone!

How well does everything run with a 1985 300 baud Commodore 64 setup, including a 40-character CRT monitor and all the bells and whistles, in
a modern Synchronet BBS? Along the way, there were some unexpected obstacles - true to Murphy's Law.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naRN0SaqyRY

Thank you!

I'm only one part away from being able to do this myself. I don't
have the GLink interface.

I'm tempted to get one now, and experience this myself. I have both a
colour CRT TV, and a monochrome amber monitor like yours. Won't able
to match your slick production values though.

Nevertheless, thanks again.

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Re: C64 Meets Synchronet
By: Belly to Snobsoft on Sun Jun 01 2025 11:16 am

I run NovaTerm on my C64, which is capable of a perfectly legible 80 column screen on a Commodore 1702 monitor. I have a bunch of ESP8266-based WiFiMode around here for use with my vintage machines, and the C-64's user port is go for 2400bps.

Have you used StrikeTerm2014? It's kinda updated Novaterm.

In 80 column ANSI mode, you're right, 2400bps is probably best.. but in PETSCII, I usually use 4800bps without any dropped characters. Synchronet supports PETSCII. My board's 40col PETSCII port is 2064 and the 80col port is 2128.

For PETSCII, I usually just load up CCGMS Future 0.2 because it loads much faster than StrikeTerm2014.

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Re: Re: C64 Meets Synchronet
By: Boraxman to Snobsoft on Mon Jun 02 2025 08:30 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=na
RN0SaqyRY

Thank you!

I'm only one part away from being
able
to do this myself. I don't
have the GLink interface.

I'm tempted to get one now, and
experience this myself. I have both
a
colour CRT TV, and a monochrome
amber
monitor like yours. Won't able
to match your slick production
values
though.

Nevertheless, thanks again.

You're welcome! And I'm glad you liked my video! You can also use something other than the GLink interface. Although Wi-Fi modems are said to have lag. The great thing about my solution with the null modem cable is that there's absolutely no lag. So it feels just like it did back then, even though it's not a real dial-up connection. BTW: The next level would be for me to do dial-up into the Partybowl from Germany, but my phone stuff is way too expensive for that.

Anyway, I hope you manage to get the hardware togetherÄit's worth it. That old-school feeling really is something else. Thanks again for watching!

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